Appointments

Community Residences of Chantilly named Terry Hurley vice president of administration and finance/chief financial officer and Kathleen K. Wellington vice president of clinical services.

Communications

Brunswick Group of the District named Su-Lin Cheng Nichols, former chief communications executive for the NAA, director.

APCO Worldwide of the District named Richard Wade, former senior executive at the American Hospital Association, senior counselor.

Financial

The Washington Group of Northwestern Mutual Financial Network of the McLean named Erin Richey director of recruitment and selection.

Argy, Wiltse & Robinson of McLean named Dexter Tucker director of its enterprise software solutions group.

Legal

Gray Plant Mooty of the District named Iris Figueroa Rosario shareholder.

Dickstein Shapiro of the District named Brian Finch partner and head of it homeland security practice, John Gibbons partner in the insurance coverage practice and Jason Wallach partner in the antitrust and dispute resolution group.

McKenna Long & Aldridge of the District named Phillip Carter, former assistant secretary of defense for detainee affairs, associate.

DLA Piper of the District named Ed Scheideman partner in its litigation and regulatory practice, Kim Pagotto partner in real estate and Tom Zutic partner in IPT (trademarks).

Patton Boggs of the District named Kenneth Reisenfeld to lead its international arbitration practice.

Zuckerman Spaeder of the District named Lisa Barclay partner in the complex civil litigation practice and Amit P. Mehta partner in its white collar criminal defense practice.

McDermott Will & Emery of the District named Fredric D. Firestone and Michael A. Ungar partners in the controversies business. In addition, Firestone will head its SEC defense practice group.

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